Ep. 5786 – Peter Van Buren: How Close to the Brink Are We Really? – 10/20/22

Scott interviews Peter Van Buren to talk through the risk of a nuclear detonation related to the war in Ukraine. Both Scott and Van Buren think the use of nuclear weapons is unlikely, but they dig into the differences in their views of the situation. They also explore how a conventional escalation could play out. Lastly, they turn to North Korea where Van Buren sees the greatest chance of nuclear disaster originating.

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Check out The Libertarian Institute: https://www.libertarianinstitute.org
Read Scott’s latest book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism:
https://amzn.to/3tgMCdw
Read Scott’s first book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan: https://foolserrand.us
Follow Scott on Twitter using the handle @scotthortonshow: https://twitter.com/scotthortonshow
Like Scott’s Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/scotthortons…
And check out Scott’s full interview archives: https://scotthorton.org/all-interview…

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